A Far Greater Risk Than Global Warming
The heated debate over the issue of global warming has led the Democratic majority in the United States Congress and President Obama to propose Draconian legislation that may irretrievably destroy the remainder of our industrial manufacturing jobs, drive up energy costs to unsustainable levels and jeopardize our defense capabilities. It absolutely amazes me that while tree-hugging Democrats are so quick to try and legislate questionable solutions to a questionable problem, they absolutely have failed to address a far greater risk to the American people. This serious risk to the people of our country and the world is Dihydrogen Monoxide.
Dihydrogen Monoxide contributes to global warming and the “Greenhouse Effect”. It is the principal enabling component of acid rain. Dihydrogen Monoxide is the causative agent in most instances of soil erosion. Dihydrogen Monoxide is virtually inescapable. It is present in nearly every creek, stream, pond, river, lake and reservoir in the United States and around the world. Measurable levels of DHMO have been verified in ice samples taken from both the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps. Widespread industrial use of DHMO has contributed to workplace fatalities.
Recent massive DHMO exposures have lead to loss of life in California, the Mid-West, the Philippines and several Caribbean islands. Scientific analysis of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, which killed 230,000 people, revealed high levels of DHMO. The destruction of the levees during Hurricane Katrina was exacerbated by excessive DHMO levels found in the Gulf of Mexico.
The economic costs of Dihydrogen Monoxide are staggering. DHMO is highly corrosive and untreated exposure to it will lead to eventual destruction of metal and wood structures. Despite recent laws enacted to ban unlawful dumping of hazardous chemicals into waterways in the U.S. and abroad, release of massive quantities of DHMO continues. Industry cannot be held solely accountable. Lawmakers have shown a marked reluctance to pass legislation to make dumping of DHMO illegal. This is a strange legislative position considering that any Dihydrogen Monoxide found in a landfill must be removed.
Are we without hope on this issue? Fortunately, some corporations such as Sandia National Laboratories and Lockheed Martin have begun notifying their workers of the DHMO issue. Equally encouraging are the efforts of the Green Party of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Their work in the southern hemisphere in promoting “ecological wisdom, social responsibility and appropriate decision making has been invaluable in the battle to control DHMO.
We are a busy and pre-occupied world. With global economic and national defense threats staring us in the face, we expect our stalwarts in Congress to give the same attention to the DHMO threat as they have global warming. We simply cannot wait the same two million years since global cooling stopped and global warming began to take effective action. After all, DHMO was a critical element in the extinction of several species of animals. Congress must act now! The traditional stalwarts of environmentalism and the “damn the economy, we must save the polar bear” crowd must ignore their previous lack of knowledge about Dihydrogen Monoxide and flood Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama and the rest of the environmental activists in Congress and demand action. Write your letters, make your calls, print your bumper stickers and buy your Dihydrogen Monoxide detectors today!
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